
Person
Liudmyla Monastyrska
Acting · Born 1975-05-25 · Kiev, Ukraine
Biography
Monastyrska made her debut with the Ukraine National Opera as Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in 1996 and became a principal soloist with the company in 1998. There, and at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, she sang the title roles of Verdi's Aida and Ponchielli's La Gioconda, as well as Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, and Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana. In 2010 she appeared successfully on short notice in the title role of Puccini's Tosca at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, which led to her Italian debut at the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago, Italy, under the conductor Alberto Veronesi.[2] In February 2012 she appeared as Aida at La Scala, Milan
Known for

MacBeth
Lady MacBeth

The ROH Live: Nabucco
Abigaille

The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
Aida

Jonas Kaufmann: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Santuzza

Verdi: Nabucco
Abigaille

Verdi Nabucco
Abigaille

The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco
Abigaille

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Turandot

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci - Royal Opera House 2019/20
Santuzza
Filmography
- 2024The Metropolitan Opera: NabuccoAbigaille
- 2022The Metropolitan Opera: TurandotTurandot
- 2020Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci - Royal Opera House 2019/20Santuzza
- 2017Verdi: NabuccoAbigaille
- 2016The ROH Live: NabuccoAbigaille
- 2015Jonas Kaufmann: Cavalleria Rusticana / PagliacciSantuzza
- 2015Verdi NabuccoAbigaille
- 2012The Metropolitan Opera: AidaAida
- 2011MacBethLady MacBeth
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